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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
drum \drum\, v. i. imp. p. p. drummed; p. pr. vb. n.
drumming.
1. to beat a drum with sticks; to beat or play a tune on a
drum.
1913 webster
2. to beat with the fingers, as with drumsticks; to beat with
a rapid succession of strokes; to make a noise like that
of a beaten drum; as, the ruffed grouse drums with his
wings.
1913 webster
drumming with his fingers on the arm of his chair.
--w. irving.
1913 webster
3. to throb, as the heart. r. --dryden.
1913 webster
4. to go about, as a drummer does, to gather recruits, to
draw or secure partisans, customers, etc,; -- with for.
1913 webster
see also:
drummed drumming
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
drum
n 1: a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a
hollow cylinder with a membrane stretch across each end
syn: membranophone, tympan
2: the sound of a drum; "he could hear the drums before he
heard the fifes"
3: a bulging cylindrical shape; hollow with flat ends syn: barrel
4: a cylindrical metal container used for shipping or storage
of liquids syn: metal drum
5: a hollow cast-iron cylinder attached to the wheel that forms
part of the brakes syn: brake drum
6: small to medium-sized bottom-dwelling food and game fishes
of shallow coastal and fresh waters that make a drumming
noise syn: drumfish
v 1: make a rhythmic sound; "rain drummed against the
windshield"; "the drums beat all night" syn: beat, thrum
2: play a percussion instrument
3: study intensively, as before an exam; "i had to bone up on
my latin verbs before the final exam" syn: cram, grind
away, bone up, swot, get up, mug up, swot up, bone
also: drumming, drummed
see also:
membranophone tympan barrel metal drum brake drum drumfish
beat thrum cram grind away bone up
swot get up mug up swot up bone
drumming drummed
- [3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
drummed
see drum
see also:
drum
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